Some nights feel like all I'm trying to do is decompress from the stress of the day. My mind is going in 12 different directions: I'm thinking about the lesson I screwed up because I hadn't anticipated something, or I'm thinking about how I could have handled a situation better here and there, and I'm … Continue reading October 12: decompression
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October 9: Little things, big impact
Today was overall a good day. I had some amazing conversations with my 7th graders about a story we read, and I finally got a kid who is clearly depressed (for lots of good reasons) to genuinely smile and laugh. I am having a good time with my Legends class learning about the "monomyth" and … Continue reading October 9: Little things, big impact
October 2: I am so sick of responsibility
I am seriously over being responsible for things. Today, the dog barfed. Numerous times. On my bed, on the rug in the kitchen, outside... I got worried and called the vet, and the receptionist told me to give him boiled chicken and rice for dinner and if he keeps puking, to bring him in. I … Continue reading October 2: I am so sick of responsibility
September 14: a little better
I'm on the verge of falling asleep so I'm going to be brief. Today was better with the class I had been struggling with. I'm sure there will be days where I leave exhausted and frustrated again, but I restarted with them as best I could. I gave a survey to ask a bunch of … Continue reading September 14: a little better
August 25: Cranky as Hell
Today was my version of Alexander's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I couldn't sleep last night because it was too warm and Dak was snoring and my hand went numb and nothing worked to help it. Finally, Dak got up to go help with an Eagle project and I finally fell asleep, then … Continue reading August 25: Cranky as Hell
August 19: need some rain!!
Everything is a scorched, smoky hellscape because it hasn't rained in forever and there is so much smoke from the OVER 500 fires burning in British Columbia right now. It feels icky outside. I feel icky when I'm outside too much. My throat gets scratchy and I even got a headache today. And it's been … Continue reading August 19: need some rain!!
June 4: Doesn’t feel like the last week
It doesn't feel like the last week of school. It doesn't really feel real, even though I know it is. This has been simultaneously the longest and the shortest year of my career: it actually is literally the longest year, since I started in mid August (first day of school for students was August 23), … Continue reading June 4: Doesn’t feel like the last week
May 30: Spectacle and Substance
I've been overwhelmed by the drama of everything lately, more than usual, more than even this new era of "normal." The news, the internet world, the real world... everything seems to be so much. Things I'm thinking about or reading about, in no specific order because nothing seems to have order anymore: Roseanne being cancelled … Continue reading May 30: Spectacle and Substance
May 24: rain storms and procrastination
I really like rainstorms, especially after a hot, sticky day like today. They cool everything down and even the plants are excited by the water. It's been tough lately, though, since Annika and Perry the dog have decided they are scared to death of thunder and lightning.so instead of relaxing and taking in the storm, … Continue reading May 24: rain storms and procrastination
May 21: Mondays.
It was a real life Monday today. Like, full-on, oversleeping, forgetting things, can't remember what I'm supposed to be doing, give up and crash at 6:30 pm type of Monday. It was an OMG I can't get anything quite right but it'll have to do type of Monday. A two-minutes-behind-everything Monday. A feel bad about … Continue reading May 21: Mondays.
Adventures in Distraction 